MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 41.21,-73.10 Latitude: 41.21 Longitude: -73.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 56 SFC 998 74 17.6 16.4 93 1.2 16.8 156 16 290.9 293.0 290.0 324.3 11.84 2 950 494 15.1 14.6 97 0.5 14.8 163 36 292.5 294.5 289.9 323.9 11.05 3 900 951 12.6 12.2 97 0.4 12.3 170 44 294.5 296.3 289.7 323.0 9.95 4 850 1430 10.0 9.7 98 0.3 9.9 170 44 296.7 298.3 289.5 322.6 8.94 5 800 1933 7.5 7.2 98 0.4 7.3 171 44 299.2 300.6 289.5 322.6 7.96 6 750 2462 4.4 4.0 98 0.3 4.2 173 44 301.3 302.6 289.2 321.6 6.82 7 700 3021 1.0 0.9 100 0.1 1.0 175 44 303.6 304.7 289.2 321.3 5.86 8 650 3615 -1.5 -1.8 98 0.2 -1.6 178 45 307.3 308.2 289.8 323.2 5.18 9 600 4249 -4.7 -5.0 97 0.4 -4.8 180 46 310.7 311.5 290.1 324.5 4.39 10 550 4930 -8.5 -9.0 96 0.5 -8.7 181 48 314.0 314.7 290.3 325.3 3.52 11 500 5663 -13.1 -13.5 96 0.4 -13.2 183 51 317.1 317.6 290.6 326.0 2.70 12 450 6458 -18.2 -18.3 100 0.0 -18.3 185 50 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.1 2.01 13 400 7326 -24.5 -24.5 100 0.0 -24.5 183 53 323.1 323.4 291.0 327.7 1.31 14 350 8284 -31.9 -31.9 100 0.0 -31.9 180 62 325.7 325.9 291.3 328.4 0.75 15 300 9357 -38.1 -41.4 71 3.3 -38.4 178 83 331.7 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.34 16 250 10593 -44.5 -61.7 13 17.2 -45.1 178 71 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.04 17 200 12070 -49.6 -71.6 6 22.0 -50.0 189 63 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 13921 -57.6 -79.5 5 21.9 -57.9 215 33 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16427 -64.6 -83.8 5 19.2 -64.7 254 21 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5606.61 m Freezing level: 679.98 mb = 3259.13 m = 10692.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.43 mb = 3236.74 m = 10619.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.32 % Est. max temperature: 23.43 C = 74.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.56 mb = 223.67 m = 733.81 ft T: 16.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 3.00 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.30 mb = 680.21 m = 2231.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.00 C = 68.00 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 32.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.08 mb = 600.61 m = 1970.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.08 mb = 1015.71 m = 3332.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 633.08 mb = 3824.09 m = 12546.07 ft B at Equ Level: 55.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 493.08 mb = 5767.82 m = 18923.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.0 at 44.3 knts Storm direction: 206.0 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 210.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.22 Bulk Shear: 46.17 m/s